Comments on: There’s optimism in Vancouver againhttp://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/04/23/theres-optimisim-in-vancouver-again/
ProHockeyTalk on NBCSports.comTue, 31 Mar 2015 20:58:29 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: acepyluthttp://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/04/23/theres-optimisim-in-vancouver-again/comment-page-1/#comment-168147
Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:34:17 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1583768#comment-168147If that was the Canucks best effort in “a couple of years”, and by far the worst effort by the ‘hawks in a couple of years – and Vancouver only won 3-1…. then there is trouble brewing in Vancouver. they won’t make it past Chicago because Chicago won’t take the night off during the playoffs. Only chance for the Canucks is to pray Chicago gets beat before playing them.
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Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:04:21 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1583768#comment-167955Hawks phoned this one in, terrible effort.
]]>By: shwoogy1http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/04/23/theres-optimisim-in-vancouver-again/comment-page-1/#comment-167746
Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:28:50 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1583768#comment-167746Which would never happen in a million years.
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Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:39:20 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1583768#comment-167669Chicago is still the team to best in the West, and it will still be a massive upset if the Canucks do manage to best them in a 7 game series.
]]>By: comeonnowguyshttp://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/04/23/theres-optimisim-in-vancouver-again/comment-page-1/#comment-167639
Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:46:19 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1583768#comment-167639I get where you’re going, but the hate may be a little more unidirectional than you may realize.

Point me to where Chicago “slayed the dragon” in their two postseason victories. Point me to where Chicago crowds will chant “Vancouver sucks” in games where they aren’t playing Vancouver.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s fun to get a little ire worked up, and there was enough @55hattery to perpetuate it for a couple years, especially when playoffs are involved. And I’m sure there is no love lost on Chicago’s end. But in all honesty, Chicago fans got their ire/hate/rivalry fix just fine from Phoenix last year and their shenanigans.

But to think either team comes close to the Red Wings–a team they have played more often than any other team in history–is a little nearsighted. Both this recent kerfuffle with Vancouver and the Wings rivalry are basically going away with realignment and quasi-divisional playoffs. Guess which one Hawk fans will miss more.

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Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:37:37 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1583768#comment-167631I guess I did miss that. Maybe it’s because Hawks fans have a direct historical example of how the President’s Cup doesn’t mean jack. And partly because late collapses by other Chicago teams are never out of the back of their minds.
]]>By: DTF31http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/04/23/theres-optimisim-in-vancouver-again/comment-page-1/#comment-167620
Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:15:10 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1583768#comment-167620Its frustrating because they play to the level of their opponents most nights. Play a garbage team? Play like garbage. Play a good team? Play a good game.
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Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:52:22 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1583768#comment-167606The win was full value for the Canucks, and I guess you missed all the Hawks fans on here talking about how with their record start they were all but guaranteed the cup, gifted by the gods of fate. Well, the Hawks are human too.
]]>By: micasa81http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/04/23/theres-optimisim-in-vancouver-again/comment-page-1/#comment-167604
Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:44:32 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1583768#comment-167604Fine, maybe they hate some other team more (though you’ll have a tough time convincing me that even the Wings trump the Canucks in that department in the past 4 years). My post revised accordingly:

“But I get it, your team just got their a$$es handed to them by a team they really hate – gotta get your jabs in somewhere.”

Aaaand it doesn’t change my point at all.

]]>By: comeonnowguyshttp://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/04/23/theres-optimisim-in-vancouver-again/comment-page-1/#comment-167593
Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:27:52 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1583768#comment-167593Most hated rivals? And here I thought it was Blackhawk fans that were completely new to hockey.
]]>By: micasa81http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/04/23/theres-optimisim-in-vancouver-again/comment-page-1/#comment-167589
Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:24:56 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1583768#comment-167589I see nothing in their response that “overvalues” this win. Canucks played extremely well and handily beat the best team in the league, a week before the playoffs start. Reason for optimism, yes, but it’s not like anyone’s proclaiming them SC champs.

But I get it, your team just got their a$$es handed to them by their most hated rivals – gotta get your jabs in somewhere.

]]>By: comeonnowguyshttp://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/04/23/theres-optimisim-in-vancouver-again/comment-page-1/#comment-167580
Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:10:15 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1583768#comment-167580Vancouver fans in general overvaluing regular season outcomes? That almost never happens all the time.
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Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:01:58 +0000http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1583768#comment-167569It actually was probably the best game they’ve played in about two years.

They’ve been lifeless and boring for a long time and I was expecting a Chicago blowout last night.

I hope this is a beginning of a trend, a hard working Canucks team, but I’m not going to hold my breathe